Use this page to collect and organize the information and pictures needed by your group to create your power point.
What needs to be in your power point:
-Discuss the major limiting factors of the ecosystem and discuss examples of density dependent and density independent factors.
-Answer the question, “How has your biome been destroyed, or how can it be destroyed?” Describe its recovery process and tie it to succession.
-Describe the major threats to that ecosystem.
-Describe endangered species found in the ecosystem and species that have gone extinct in your ecosystem.
-Describe positive and negative human effects to the ecosystem.
-Describe how climate change is affecting the ecosystem.
-Answer the essential question that is key to your biome.
Characteristic
5 pts
4 pts
3 pts
2 pts
1 pt
0 pts
Total
Limiting Factors
2 or more density dependent and 2 or more density independent factors presented; 1 major limiting factor presented and explained
1 density dependent and 1 density independent factor presented; 1 major limiting factor presented and explained
Either density dependent or density independent factors presented; 1 major limiting factor presented and explained
Either density dependent or density independent factors presented; Major limiting factor not presented and explained
Only has 1 major limiting factor presented and explained
Absent
Succession
Describes how biome destroyed; Explains how biome recovered; Explanation correctly uses succession
Describes how biome destroyed; Explains how biome recovered; Explanation incorrectly uses succession
Describes how biome destroyed; Explains how biome recovered; Explanation doesn't use succession
Describes how biome destroyed OR Explains how biome recovered
Only defines succession
Absent
Threats
3 or more threats mentioned and explained
2 threats mentioned and explained
3 or more threats mentioned with no explanation
2 threats mentioned with no explanation
1 threat mentioned and explained
Absent
Endangered/Extinct Species
2 endangered species and 2 extinct species described
Either 2 endangered or 2 extinct species described but only 1 of the other type described
1 endangered species and 1 extinct species described
Either 2 endangered or 2 extinct species described but the other is absent
Only 1 extinct or endangered species described; the other is absent
Absent
Human Effect
Both positive and negative effects mentioned and specifically explained
Either postive or negative effects mentioned and explained specifically
Both positive and negative effects mentioned but not explained
Either positive or negative effects mentioned but not explained
Only general threats are mentioned
Absent
Climate Change
Argument for effect backed up by multiple pieces of evidence
Argument for effect backed up by only 1-2 piecies of evidence
What needs to be in your power point:
-Discuss the major limiting factors of the ecosystem and discuss examples of density dependent and density independent factors.
-Answer the question, “How has your biome been destroyed, or how can it be destroyed?” Describe its recovery process and tie it to succession.
-Describe the major threats to that ecosystem.
-Describe endangered species found in the ecosystem and species that have gone extinct in your ecosystem.
-Describe positive and negative human effects to the ecosystem.
-Describe how climate change is affecting the ecosystem.
-Answer the essential question that is key to your biome.